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If you want to hear an amazing CD, with awesome vocals, and melodic but heavy metal to match. Run, don’t walk to pick up the Jorn Lande release, The Duke.

For several reasons, the Norwegian Jorn Lande is not very well known in the United States. Lack of promotion, and no radio airplay are a few problems Jorn faces in the U.S. It is really too bad, because most people are missing out on one of the top singers in Metal today.

For those of you who have not been exposed to Jorn Lande, He has a voice that falls somewhere between Ronnie James Dio and David Coverdale. If you know how amazing those two singers are, you will know what to expect from Jorn.

Musically and lyrically, the Duke is a superb effort from start to finish! This is melodic metal in its finest form. The guitar tandem of Tore Moren and Jørn Viggo Lofstad do an amazing job on this disc.

Take one listen to the heavy Blacksong which sounds like Lynch era Dokken and you will be hooked.
Another stand out song is Stormcrow, which sounds like a heavy Whitesnake track. The guitars on this song blow me away every time. Awesome!

Duke of Love could have easily been on the Whitesnake, Slide it In Album.

Jorn Lande truly shines on the low to mid tempo Burning Chains. You have to hear it, to appreciate it.

The cover of Thin Lizzy’s Are You Ready may be the best cover song I have heard in 2006. It is very well done here.

The final song, Starfire, is a remake of the same track from his debut disc and sounds even better than the original.

The Duke is certainly one of the top Metal discs of 2006, and a favorite of mine.

If you would like to hear some of the tracks off the Duke, You can listen to a few songs off of this disc at:Jorn Lande’s Website